Review article: Recent advances in the management of bleeding gastric varices

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Tripathi, D ^a   Ferguson, J W ^a   Therapondos, G ^a   Plevris, J N ^a   Hayes, P C ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALCOHOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENBUCRILATE; ETHANOLAMINE; FIBRIN GLUE; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; OCTREOTIDE; PROPRANOLOL; SCLEROSING AGENT; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM; THROMBIN; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON OCCLUDED RETROGRADE TRANSVENOUS OBLITERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG FEVER; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE BLEEDING; MEDIASTINITIS; PERFORATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH VARICEAL BLEEDING; STOMACH VARICES; THERAPY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULCER; VEIN EMBOLISM; VEIN LIGATION;

BALLOON DILATATION; BALLOON DILATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGATION; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; SCLEROTHERAPY; STENTS; THROMBIN; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 33745136407     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02965.x     Document Type: Review

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